Hong Kong police launched a fresh crackdown Tuesday on Uber, arresting 21 drivers suspected of working for the ride-hailing giant in the Asian financial center. It's the latest regulatory headache for Uber, which already is fighting a similar case in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Hong Kong : BOCHK Takes the Lead in Bringing Apple Pay to BOC Card Customers
BOCHK Takes the Lead in Bringing Apple Pay to BOC Card Customers Offering UnionPay Debit Card Cardholders an easy, secure and private way to pay Bank of China (Hong Kong) ("BOCHK") today becomes one of the first banks in Hong Kong to bring Apple Pay to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers
HONG KONG Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of an ongoing clamp down against Uber Technologies Inc's operations in the Asian financial city. The arrests marked the latest upset for the San Francisco-based ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers for illegal car hiring
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of an ongoing clamp down against Uber Technologies Inc’s operations in the Asian financial city. The arrests marked the latest upset for the San Francisco-based ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific cuts 600 jobs as it faces rising competition
Cathay Pacific Airways said on Monday it’s laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters in its biggest round of firings in two decades as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The Hong Kong airline said it ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying should answer Legco’s questions over UGL saga, says committee chairman
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying should testify before the legislature if he wants to argue his case over cash he took from an Australian company, said the head of the committee looking into the payments. Paul Tse Wai-chun, chairman of the Legislative ... ( read original story ...)
Cathay Pacific laying off 600 as it blames ‘rising pressure’
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Monday it's laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The airline said it plans to axe about 190 managers, or a quarter of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Cathay lays off 600 as it faces rising pressure
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Monday it's laying off nearly 600 staff at its headquarters as it faces rising competition from rival carriers and tough business conditions. The airline said it plans to axe about 190 managers, or a quarter of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank branches aren’t closing – but they are evolving digitally
“The smartphone is really the new branch for transactional needs, so it basically gives Citi a branch network in the millions,” claimed Angel Ng, Citibank’s country business manager, Hong Kong. “In terms of physical footprint, branches remain ... ( read original story ...)
Work-life balance preference is now at an all-time high
Even though most employees in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia still have a high preference for good salary and benefits when looking for an employer, work-life balance is rapidly rising in importance to the point that it’s become the second most ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s MTR is praised abroad for efficiency, but criticized at home
But it was not until recently that the monopoly operator of Hong Kong's profitable metro system said it wanted to do business in Southeast Asia. With a third of its revenue coming from railway operations in Europe, Australia and mainland China, MTR is ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Hong Kong is the ideal location for the Silk Road bank’s treasury
I was approached by a gang of lawyers who despaired about the possibility of having to start business development in Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. Where was the fertile valley of fees they hoped would originate in Hong Kong? I hate to represent the segment of ... ( read original story ...)
Latte Index on wage inequality leaves a bitter taste for Hong Kong’s lowest paid
The plight of the low-paid in Hong Kong has been laid bare by the Latte Index – a new indicator developed by an academic that measures how many cups of coffee the lowest paid can afford to buy. Professor Paul Yip Siu-fai, of the University of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Half of Hong Kong parents and adult children living with them fight at least once a week: survey
About 50 per cent of Hong Kong parents and adult children living under a single roof clash at least once a week, a survey by a family care group has found, with issues such as allowance, division of household chores, and lack of privacy among the main reasons. ( read original story ...)